Stu3d
Senior Member
Seth
I had a go at printing an M20 bolt with a 30mm head on my Ankermake M5. PLA+, 190 degrees C, layer height 0.1mm (first layer 0.2mm).
I made it hollow so it printed quicker and to save filament, that gave me some ideas.
If a large bolt, say M100 x 100mm, was printed hollow it would make a fun novelty desk organiser for pens, pencils etc. Alternatively it could be a workbench organiser and the head could have different size holes for drill bits or small screwdrivers or hexagonal 7mm holes for screw driver bits. I put some holes in the M20 bolt head to demo the idea. The head size for M100 bolt is 145mm.
Largest metric bolt I found spec for was M160, spanner size for the head would be 230mm! Would need a large printer but would be really cool to print one
Stu
I had a go at printing an M20 bolt with a 30mm head on my Ankermake M5. PLA+, 190 degrees C, layer height 0.1mm (first layer 0.2mm).
I made it hollow so it printed quicker and to save filament, that gave me some ideas.
If a large bolt, say M100 x 100mm, was printed hollow it would make a fun novelty desk organiser for pens, pencils etc. Alternatively it could be a workbench organiser and the head could have different size holes for drill bits or small screwdrivers or hexagonal 7mm holes for screw driver bits. I put some holes in the M20 bolt head to demo the idea. The head size for M100 bolt is 145mm.
Largest metric bolt I found spec for was M160, spanner size for the head would be 230mm! Would need a large printer but would be really cool to print one
Stu